effuse

Example Sentences

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But she turned out nonetheless to effuse about the performance of Austin Butler in the Baz Luhrmann epic “Elvis” — and by extension the legacy of her father.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

If a mixture of gases is placed in a container with porous walls, the gases effuse through the small openings in the walls.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Though the accounts have been parroting talking points and effuse a preternatural affection for Amazon that one would think only artificial intelligence could muster, they do seem to be operated by actual people.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018

It's not enough to effuse on air, he talks up every song while off it.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2018

Pemphigus is a contagious disease attended with bladdery eruptions appearing on the second or third day, as large as filberts, which, remain many days, and then effuse a thin ichor.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus